If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
—Unknown
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
—John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) American Oil Magnate, Philanthropist
Thoughts lead to feelings. Feelings lead to actions. Actions leads to results.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
—William Congreve (1670–1729) English Playwright, Poet
Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scripture declares him twice-blessed.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Sow to the wind and you will reap a whirlwind.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.
—Ken Blanchard (b.1939) American Author, Management Consultant
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged by only one thing—the result.
—Vince Lombardi, Jr. (1913–70) American Football Player, Coach
Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow—perhaps it all will.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
The only way to earn what you’re really worth is to get paid based on your results.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Nothing will come of nothing.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.
—Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant
However, a good life consists of more than simply the totality of enjoyable experiences. It must also have a meaningful pattern, a trajectory of growth that results in the development of increasing emotional, cognitive, and social complexity.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist
A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.
—Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian-American Electrical Engineer, Inventor
The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the most brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best coordinate the brains and talents of his associates.
—W. Alton Jones (1891–1962) American Businessperson, Philanthropist
God’s delays are not God’s denials.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
Results? Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
—Jules Renard (1864–1910) French Writer, Diarist
Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?
—Alfred A. Montapert (1906–97) American Engineer, Philosopher
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
—Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter
Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day’s work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably—why, then I don’t think I deserve any reward for my hard day’s work—for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?
—Herman Melville (1819–91) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Poet
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
—Unknown
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
—Unknown
You always succeed in producing a result.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur